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Google Chrome is a web browser that has quickly become one of the most popular browsers in the world, used by millions of users worldwide. It is especially noted for its speed and beautiful interface. Chrome is mostly used on Windows OS and Mac OS X. However, Chrome can also be installed on Linux. Here is how it's done.

Steps

1

Download Google Chrome's dependency packages. Open your Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T. Then copy the following line and paste it into the terminal: sudo apt-get install libxss1 libappindicator1 libindicator7. Then press ↵ Enter. Your terminal will most likely prompt you for your password.

2

Agree to continue the download. The terminal will ask you whether you wish to continue, just press Y, and the ↵ Enter.

3

Download the official Google Chrome package. Copy the following line and paste it into the terminal:

Community Q&A

I downloaded Google Chrome for Linux in the terminal and launched it by typing "google-chrome," but it said "Command not found." What do I do?

wikiHow Contributor

Community Answer

You have to install it. Downloading is only half the job. Only installed packages can be run from terminal. In Unix systems it usually means it's extracted into a specific path, which is usually done by the package manager itself.

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